Discovery of Huygens Region
Huygens sketch of the nebula is published, in honor of his discovery, the interior of the nebula was named the Huygens Region
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1959 in Netherlands
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Historical records for Netherlands in 1959
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Discovery of Orion Nebula
Huygens sketch of the nebula is published, in honor of his discovery, the interior of the nebula was named the Huygens Region
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